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MACHINE FOR CURLI NG AND FINISHING HAT-BR Iv s.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,358, dated January 22, 188 1.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES H. -REID, a citizen of the United States, residing at Danbury, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Curling and Finishing Hat-Brims; and I do hereby deact. description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

I My invention relates to the manufacture of hats, and has for its object to still further improve that class of machines which is illus-. trated in my pending applications, Serial No. 93,604, filed May 1,' 1883,: and Serial No. 106.7 78, filed September 19,1883.

With this end: in view my invention consistsin-the construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter fullydescribed, and then specifically designated by the claims.

In this applicationll have shown my improvements as applied in connection with one only. of the :series of tools which act successively, on-the brim of the hat. It should be understood, however, that my improvements may be applied with equal facility to all of the tools which act on the hat-brim, as fully set forth in my pending application, referred to above, filed May 1, 1883.

' In order that others skilled in the art may understand and usemy improved machine, I will proceed-to describe the same. referring by letters to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of a' portion of th machine, showing my improvements as applied in connection with a hat-trimmer. Fig. 2 is an elevation of one of the jacks, but showing amodified form of cam and connecting mechanism. Fig. 3 is a detail of the connecting mechanism shown in Fig. 2. Fig. i'is a section of a modified form of cam from that Application filed November 30, 1883. (No model.)

- D is the platform upon which the hat rests, and D is the clamp. The last-mentioned parts are mounted on a hollow shaft working within the sleeve, (clearly illustratedinmy pending application filed September 19, 1883.)

' E is a central shaft, which operates the clamp by means of gears E E as in my former case.

F is a bevel-gear, which rotates on the hollow shaft: (Not shown.) This gear meshes with a gear, F, on shaft G, to which motion is impartedby a belt running on loelt-pulley;G. v H is a clutch-pinxworking in collars I-I H which acts'to transmit the motion of gear. F to the hollow, shaft and parts carried thereby.

H is the wedge which actuates the clutchpin. 1 I

As these parts areall described in detail in my application of September 19, 1883, I have merely made such reference to them in this case as is necessary in describing my present improvements.

; In my presentmachine then, former is wholly dispensed with, and the reciprocatory movements of the jack are imparted .thereto by means of a cam,.I, on sh'aftG; I'The' pecnliar shape of this cam is clearly shownin- Fig. 5, which is an endviewv IOamLI is -adjustably secured to shaftGlbyaset-screw, I. The shaftis journaled in bearings K, attached to a plate, K, which is secured to the bed-plateof the machine in any suitable manner.

L is a bell-crank lever pivoted to plate K and working in a slot, K. The upper arm of this lever isforked to enable it to embrace sleeve M. The sliding plateNisprovided on its under side with a grooved projection, N, with which the upper ends of lever L engage. An anti-friction wheel is j ournaled in the lower arm of lever L, where it bears on cam I. Plate N moves in ways N, as fully described in my former application.

The operation is as follows: In practice I construct gears F and F so that F has half as many teeth as F. Thus two entire revolutions of shaft G, cam I, andgear F are required to cause one revolution of gear F. and with it the clamp, platform, 8m. It follows, therefore, that while cam I is making an entirerevolution one side only of the hat-brim is brought in contact with the tool on the jack. The style of the brim is determined by the contour of the cam and its adj nstment on shaft G, to which it is secured by set-screw I,while the size of the brim is determined by adjustment, as inmy former application. The styles are indicated by a gage, G, on the shaft. Having placed the hat on the clamp, wedge H is withdrawn, and spring E forces gear E up-v ward,and with itthc clutch-pin, thus communicating the motion of gear F to the hollow shaft and the parts carried thereby. As cam I revolves .it actuatcs the bell-crank lever, thus imparting to the sliding plate and the tool carried thereby a forward and backward movement each time the cam revolves. Thus if the tool upon thejack is a trimmer, one revolution of the cam I imparts to the knife just the amount of forward and back movement to trim one side of the hat-brim to the desired style as the brim is rotated, and a sec ond revolution of the cam I trims the other side of the brim.

In Fig. 6 I have illustrated a modification of the cam shown in Figs. 1 and 5, the only difference being that the cam is double the size of the other cam, and is so shaped as to trim both sides of the hat-brim-that is to say, instead of two revolutions, but one revolution is required to give shape to the hat brim. In using this style of cam it is necessary that gears F and F should be the same size, having the same number of teeth, as the cam and clamp must complete their revolutions at the same instant.

In Fig. 2 I have illustrated a modification of the construction shown in Fig. 1, in which a straight instead of a bell-crank lever is used, and the cam-face is in substantially a vertical instead of a horizontal plane. In other words, a face-cam is substituted fora peripheral cam. In this form lever L is vertically adjustable by means of slots L and bolt L as clearly shown in Fig. 2, the groove in projection N being deep enough to allow this adjustment. In this figure, as in Fig. 1, I have shown a cam that gives form to but one side-of the hat-brim in a revolution, necessitating that gear F be made with double the number of teeth that gear F has.

Fig. 4 is a section of a cam corresponding with that shown in Fig. 6that is to say, so constructed as to give shape to both sides of the hat in one revolution, but acting in avertical plane, as in Fig. 2.

In my present machine, the former being done away with, I rest the plate having the notch with which the U-shaped spring-arm engages directly on the flange of the drum B. The construction and operation of this portion of my machine, however, is identical with my former application, where it is fully and in detail explained.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a hat-machinc,, the clamp and mechanism for imparting'rotation thereto, in combination with the sliding plate, a pivoted lever engaging therewith, and a cam adapted to actuate said lever, whereby the desired shape is given to the hat-brim.

2. The sliding plate, the clamp, and the clutch, in combination with a pivoted lever for actuating the sliding plate, a driving-shaft carrying a cam which moves the lever, and gears through which rotation is imparted to the clamp.

3. In a hat-machine of the class described, shaft G, carrying a belt-pulley, a cam, and a beveled gear, and a pivoted lever bearing on the cam, in combination with a sliding plate which carries the tool and is actuated by the lever, and a rotating clamp to which motion is imparted by the beveled gear.

4. In a hat-machine driving-shaft, cam I, and lever L, in combination with the sliding plate having grooved projection N, and adapted to carry the operating-tools.

5. The sliding plate, lever L, gears E, E, F, and F, in combination with the clamp-cob lars H H spring E, and clutch-pin H, as described, and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a hat-machine, the driving-shaft earrying a cam of suitable contour to give form to the hat-brim, a pivoted lever bearing on said cam and imparting the necessary reciprocatory motion to the tool-carrying plate, in combination with a rotating clamp which carries the hat, and mechanism for connecting it with the driving-shaft.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. CHARLES H. REID.

\Vitnesses:

J AMES E. W'ALsH, GEO. WAKEMAN. 

